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Part 1: An Energy Crisis in the Making

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The European Energy Crisis: How Russia Invades Ukraine

Melissa Lott is the Director of Research at Columbia University's SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy. This season we're taking a deep dive into the European energy crisis that has been fueled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. We're trying to answer the trillion-dollar question: Will this energy crisis speed up or slow down Europe's push towards green energy? And what does it mean for the rest of the world? Digging into the history of Germany and Poland's dependence on Russian fossil fuels, fuels they use to heat their homes, run their factories, and fuel their power plants.

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